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While his accuser wept on the stand recounting her trauma during the incident, Liu’s lawyer successfully argued that his client shouldn’t be held responsible for his actions — because he hadn’t truly been awake at the time.

Liu, a Georgetown University graduate, got into hot water after a night of heavy drinking Sept. 11, 2015. Early the next morning, he wandered into roommate Shane Payne’s bedroom in the StuyTown pad they once shared.